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文章主旨:
引入律师服务的紧急费用,说明紧急费用引入的原因和使用条件,费用限制条款的不公平以及能够被引入的原因。
文章结构:
P1
LRCWA提议引入许多关于律师服务的紧急费用条款,只在律师胜诉后支付,以保障律师不受经济损失。该类费用比一般律师费用高。
P2 具体说明uplift的作用和使用条件。
P3 引入相关费用后要受到详细调查。
P4 该项费用的使用限制。限制条件是不公平不公正的。
能够引入的理由:1. 提供资金 2. 转移风险 3. 提高律师积极性
P1
Contingency-fee agreements call for payment only if the lawyer is successful in the case. Because of the lawyer’s risk of financial loss, such charges generally exceed regular fees.
P2
“uplift” fee arrangements, to prevent lawyers from gaining disproportionately from awards of damages and thus to ensure that just compensation to plaintiffs is not eroded.
Contingency fee only permitted in two conditions:
only as a last resort
damages are not awarded
P3
be forced to investigate:
legal issues & financial circumstances of the potential client + the probable cost
The process would be onerous
P4
Unfair: only to the least well-off clients would be unfair
unjustly limit freedom of contract
for all clients:
1.they provide financing for the costs of pursuing a legal action
2. they shift the risk of not recovering those costs
3. the convergence of the lawyer’s interest and the client’s interest
such arrangements increase lawyers’ diligence and commitment to their cases.
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